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Perelandra

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  1. Some twt posts are saying the Yuzu's name is only listed in the cast for the Iwate shows of SOI. Not sure if this is true, maybe someone can find the relevant page with this tiny writing and confirm the info The Iwate venue makes sense as it is a prefecture in Tohoku.
  2. This entire SOI participation could be as simple as a signed contract. When Yuzu announced his move to professional career, many aspects of Yuzu's skating life changed. Many people had concerns that nobody knew what that meant and many discussions occurred with this subject at the forefront back in July last year. Fans at the time professed their ongoing support, but realistically nobody knew how Yuzu would conduct his professional life. Past experience of professional skaters were centred around shows like FaOi, MOI, SOI and so on. Prologue and Gift are unprecedented and their success was an entirely unknown and not guaranteed, we knew, but Yuzu and his accounts team are not able to predict the future. As a professional, Yuzu would no longer be in receipt of funds as a strengthening athlete, it was uncertain which sponsors would continue to endorse Yuzu. Yuzu would not have taken any of this previous funding for granted. He is sensible enough to know that as a professional skater the onus is on him to earn a living and he would never be as arrogant to assume that going it alone with his own brand of show would be an instant success. For a pragmatic person that may well have meant agreeing to participate in ice shows with a large fee for appearing. Maybe SOI is as simple as that a fallback contract signed before Prologue and Gift. If that is the case, Yuzu has shown us his integrity so it would be very unlikely for him to renege on a contract. Maybe Yuzu just thought that it might be fun to turn up, skate his own excellent programmes and see other skaters, choreographers, musicians etc. as other people have suggested. Maybe Yuzu will be able to bring his own brand of professional skating and the whole venture will be elevated by association. Maybe Yuzu will be able to impart some of his wonderful skating skills and techniques to others, if they are open to and willing to make the correct changes. Maybe the gulf between Yuzu and everyone else will be evident and Yuzu can be part of these shows for fun and to bring ticket sales and revenue to Tohoku as part of this and still have his own Yuzu shows as well. Each of the theories has greater or lesser merit or maybe none apply at all Whatever happens, Yuzu will perform and will be magnificent, hopefully having a jolly time in the process. Everyone else is well...everyone else. If some of fan behaviour, from supporters who prefer skaters other than Yuzu, becomes unpleasant then ignore them. They are not part of your friendship circle and you do not need to socialise with them, if they become unmanageable then report them to security - simple ( easy to say and but highly unpleasant to deal with when people deliberately goad others ) Sorry if that last statement sounds pithy, it is understood that some people can behave in a toxic manner. Encountering such individuals is something that every decent person can do without.
  3. Yuzu will have sound reasoning behind making this decision. There will have been a lot of persuasion ( massive understatement, trying to be diplomatic ) on the part of the organisers in order to secure someone of the calibre of Yuzu. Yuzu will of course be the headline stand out star, until the production unfolds best to reserve judgement. In future more shows of Yuzu and his own stories or Yuzu and Friends, very select group of loyal friends. Please, please and a thousand thanks
  4. Yuzu always said that Pooh San is one of his coaches
  5. There have been otter and celebrity threads in the past - Otters that look like Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch and now Yuzuru Hanyu. The comparisons are very cute indeed
  6. Lots of mini Yuzu's. All of the costumes are featured.
  7. RIP Muffinator One of the things that Muffinator mentioned, that it was not only watching videos of Yuzu skating but also the fun times chatting with fellow satellites.The letter campaign had given her a great deal of focus and it had really felt as if we might be able to bring about a degree of accountability in the governing body for the competitive skaters of the future and have fairness brought back to the judging criteria for all competitors. Being able to discuss Yuzu's skating with like minded people had been a source of real delight for her. We had hoped that she might have been able to apply for a wheelchair seat and attend Gift to see Yuzu perform live it would have been a dream come true. Sadly this was not to be. Mufinator understand very well that fairy tales do not always come true. Nevertheless, although Muffinator has left us and we will miss her, equally, many of us will have been glad to have made friends with her here on PH.
  8. How charming is this as a picture book? Once upon a time there was a boy who skated and dreamed. When he grew up the dreams from his heart reached out into the world and gladdened the hearts of people in many countries. Through that love they became friends and gave much affection back to the boy who dreamed and skated and gave hope
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